oculus
[ ok-yuh-luh s ]
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR OCULUS
Indeed, some say that the eye is so called from its swiftness (oculus a velocitate).
It opens to the nave, with two pointed arches with an oculus above.
The round chapel to the left of the apse has a cupola with an oculus and a lantern at the top.
Oculus domini saginat equum—The master's eye makes the horse fat.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR OCULUS
eye
nounoptical organ of an animate beingRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.